Scenes From My Walk - Puncture Vine AKA Goat’s Head - it looks innocuous now but in the Autumn and all through the Winter the burs it leaves behind commonly called Goat’s Head because of the bur’s shape get stuck in just about anything that walks, rolls or runs over it. I pulled 10 or more out of my shoes every walk last Autumn. “Tribulus terrestris is an annual plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae) widely distributed around the world. It is adapted to grow in dry climate locations in which few other plants can survive. It is native to warm temperate and tropical regions in southern Eurasia and Africa. It has been unintentionally introduced to North America and Australia. An aggressive and hardy invasive species, T. terrestris is widely known as a noxious weed because of its small woody fruit – the bur – having long sharp and strong spines which easily penetrate surfaces, such as bare feet or thin shoes of crop workers and other pedestrians, the rubber of bicycle tires, and the mouths and skin of grazing animals.” - Wikipedia #ScenesFromMyWalk #PunctureVine #GoatsHead #Burs #TribulusTerrestris #InvasiveSpecies #DeceptivelyPretty #YellowFlowers (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgK6j7JrJAV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
